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3) Configure Role, Tag, Location or Custom field, to import devices from, one per line.
Device group must be configured in key value format e.g. "role= Switch", “"tag=TagName”TagName", "location=Server room racks", "field=FieldName:FieldValue" (without quotes)
Please be aware that for use of Custom field is necessary to specify custom field name (in NetBox can be found directly in custom field) NOT a label which is displayed in NetBox UI in case is filled up under the custom field. Label is currently not supported by NetBox API that why no results for import by this parameter can be expected.
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